Tanzania, April 14 -- Dar es Salaam. Four people have been arrested after a large consignment of khat smuggled from Mombasa, Kenya, into Tanzania was intercepted in Bagamoyo District, the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has said.

The seizure comes a day after the authority reported a rise in the influx and use of khat in the country.

The drugs, packed into 1,062 bundles and stored in 18 sacks, were recovered from a modern boat at Magambani Beach in Kaole Ufundi area.

All four suspects are Tanzanian nationals. Two are residents of Tanga, while the other two come from Dar es Salaam.

The interception follows growing concern by DCEA over an expanding network involved in khat trafficking, which has contributed to rising impor...